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Review of Bye Land, Bye Sea

Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo MontalvoPrimary    Roaring Brook    40 pp.4/24    9781250246721    $19.99e-book ed.  9781250377869    $11.99Two children embark on a journey together when a girl lands her boat on an island where a boy is stranded. After their initial shock, they start to...
      

Review of Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse!

Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! by George Mendoza; illus. by Doris Susan SmithPrimary    NYRB    48 pp. 6/23    9781681377360    $18.95Mouse Henrietta, a gifted architect, designs unique houses for all her friends, be they mammal or fish or bird or amphibian or even insect. Rabbit’s underground home has a large root...
      

Review of Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of the Bosnian Genocide

Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of the Bosnian Genocide by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan Intermediate, Middle School    Farrar    352 pp. 4/24    9780374390815    $18.99 e-book ed.  9780374390822    $11.99 After eleven-year-old Amra’s brother’s death from complications of Marfan syndrome, her mother’s...
      

Review of The Secret Library

The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon Intermediate    Candlewick    384 pp.5/24    9781536230888    $18.99e-book ed.  9781536237498    $18.99Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Delilah “Dally” Peteharrington’s mother wants to prepare her to take over the family business. Every afternoon, she meets with tutors to learn “important business-ish things,” but what she really wants is to go on adventures...
      

Review of Heatwave

Heatwave by Lauren Redniss; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Random House Studio/Random  40 pp.5/24    9780593645949    $19.99Library ed.  9780593645956    $22.99e-book ed.  9780593645963    $10.99Redniss’s assured, measured, and elegant meditation on life during our current environmental crisis begins during a record-breaking heatwave with a crystal-clear proclamation: “No way. Too hot.” The spare, evocative,...
      

Review of Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes

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Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis’ Secret Codes by Marissa Moss; illus. by the authorMiddle School, High School    Abrams    224 pp.3/24    9781419767319    $19.99e-book ed.  9781647009786    $16.19Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980) and her husband, William Friedman, “are now recognized together as the two most influential code-breakers in American...
      

Review of Deep Water

Deep Water by Jamie Sumner Intermediate, Middle School    Atheneum    224 pp.4/24    9781665935067    $17.99e-book ed.  9781665935081    $10.99Open-water marathon swimming (any continuous swim over ten kilometers) is not for the faint of heart and is typically done with meticulous planning, careful consideration for the weather and water conditions, and a skilled kayaker...
      

Review of Emma Full of Wonders

Emma Full of Wonders by Elisha Cooper; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary    Roaring Brook    40 pp.4/24    9781250884763    $18.99e-book ed.  9781250375889    $11.99“Emma was a large dog with many small dreams.” She dreams about her favorite things, such as rolling in the grass and splashing in water. In Cooper’s (most recently Yes...
      

Review of A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts

A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts [Number Tours for Curious Kids] by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Dawn DeVries SokolPrimary, Intermediate    Kane/Astra    40 pp.5/24    9781662670152    $18.99e-book ed.  9781662670169    $11.99Berne’s counts and measures of the cells and organs of the human body illustrate just how remarkable—and quantifiable—we are. “Did...
      
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Review of Julius

Julius by Angela Johnson; illus. by Dav PilkeyPrimary    Scholastic    32 pp.11/23    9781338898330    $14.99Only-child Maya, a young Black girl, receives a present from her granddaddy: an unruly and very large pink pig named Julius to be her companion. Julius creates chaos in the household but also brings a riot of fun...
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